My name is Bond, Jimmy Bond

Jimbob · Tue Sep 20, 2005 - 11:57:27

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/archives/2005/09/20/live_and_let_age.html

According to this article, he'll be 28 with no Q and no gadgets in the remake of Casino Royale.

This is my favorite line from the article:

Presumably if Hollywood were to tackle Agatha Christie these days they would be in touch with Nicole Kidman's people about the Miss Marple role, and Johnny Depp would top their list of Poirot possibles.

Annie · Tue Sep 27, 2005 - 00:46:33

I used to read alot of Agatha Christie's books, when I was little. My favorite was Murder on the Orient Express. I can't stand the made for tv movies from her books. The detective Poirot isn't at all what I have in my mind when I read the books.

Jimbob · Tue Sep 27, 2005 - 08:37:51

I have to confess I've never read Agatha Christie. My parents were always reading her books when I was a child. I think the reason I never did is because the movies were boring. I really should pick one up when I get the chance, though.

boringoldguy · Tue Sep 27, 2005 - 08:59:31

Maybe I'm mistaken but I thought that in the old Casino Royale they brought Bond out of retirement or something like that. It's been a long time since I saw the movie.

It's true that Bond was about 28 at the time of the first movie. But that was 28 back in the early 1950's, if I remember. It was 28 and served in WWII and had attained the rank of commander in the Royal Navy.

It's a different 28 than what I see these days.

Here's an article on the subject, sort of: http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0508/opinion/green.html

ConnieLard · Tue Sep 27, 2005 - 19:01:14

I read the article BOG referred to and found it quite interesting. The following words really jumped out at me, because it's the kind of thing I see all day long at work:

\"These parents were unprepared to respond when their children acquired the bodies of young adults and behaved with selfishness, defiance, and hedonism.\"

The thing is, the mothers who are bringing in their daughters into the clinic to put them on birth control so they \"won't have to worry about them getting pregnant\", as they \"don't want to raise no grandbabies\" are just as immature and self-centered as the young teens they are supposed to be parenting. Selfishness, defiance and hedonism breeds more selfish, defiance and hedonism. It really is unusual to find a truly grownup adult these days. And, as the article points out, that is reflected in our movies.

But I do know a place where I can find adults that are truly grown up and yet retain that winsomeness that is characteristic of youth. I am thankful to say that I do find people like that at the church I attend. There are people there who are really serious about following Christ and when you find people who are following Him, you find adults who are grownups in the very best sense of the word! I'm sure you've seen them, too. Delightful, isn't it, just knowing folks like that?

ConnieLard · Tue Sep 27, 2005 - 19:03:58

QuoteI have to confess I've never read Agatha Christie. My parents were always reading her books when I was a child. I think the reason I never did is because the movies were boring. I really should pick one up when I get the chance, though.

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I'm a big Agatha Christie fan. Always have been. Just love the way she turns a phrase and the way she develops a story. :)[/color]

Nevertheless · Tue Sep 27, 2005 - 22:11:50

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QuoteI have to confess I've never read Agatha Christie. My parents were always reading her books when I was a child. I think the reason I never did is because the movies were boring. I really should pick one up when I get the chance, though.
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I'm a big Agatha Christie fan. Always have been. Just love the way she turns a phrase and the way she develops a story. :)[/color]
Same here! I finally managed to acquire all of her books. (I frequent used bookstores.) It's hard to pick a favorite, but I really like The Body in the Library.

The movies definitely are not up to her standard.

Now as far as James Bond goes, if it's not Sean Connery then why watch?

:D

Annie · Wed Sep 28, 2005 - 12:37:54

Never,
I totally agree about Sean Connery.

normfromga · Thu Sep 29, 2005 - 13:25:49

QuoteMaybe I'm mistaken but I thought that in the old Casino Royale they brought Bond out of retirement or something like that. It's been a long time since I saw the movie.

Anyone wanting to see Casino Royale without the gadgets or glitter, or even color, the original version, which was shown on the live television show "Climax

Son of a Preacher Man · Tue Oct 04, 2005 - 13:43:39

QuoteThe 1967 theatrical version, sometimes called "the Bond film to end all Bond films,

Jimbob · Tue Oct 04, 2005 - 13:54:26

I actually like Brosnan in the role, since they're not going to do \"Depends are Forever\" with the aging Connery. :)

normfromga · Fri Oct 07, 2005 - 13:04:45

Age is to the eye of the beholder...

Roger Moore was brought in because they wanted a \"younger\" Bond, even though Roger was, and is, several years older than Sean.

By the way, if memory serves, many of those actors in Casino Royale were actually considered to play Bond in the original Dr. No, including Niven and Sellers, but had other commitments or health problems which prevented them from doing so.

Woody Allen? I don't think so...

Jimbob · Fri Oct 07, 2005 - 18:52:23

Woody Allen's too clumsy to play Mr. Gadget.

normfromga · Fri Nov 04, 2005 - 09:01:10

Quote\"I hate handguns,\" said Daniel Craig, Agent.007 in the latest movie based on Ian Fleming's hero. \"Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other. That's a simple fact.\" Craig went on (and on), \"I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess... t scared me. Bullets have a nasty habit of finding their target and that's what's scary about them.\"

So, apparently, Woody Allen didn't make the cut, but another \"old-timer\", Daniel Craig, 37, did.

Hopefully he didn't get too shaken or stirred when the \"action\" began. :D[/color]

Jimbob · Fri Nov 04, 2005 - 12:15:49

This guy should take a safety course. There he might learn that handguns are not all about shooting people. I wonder if anyone asked him when/why he'd seen a bullet wound.

boringoldguy · Fri Nov 04, 2005 - 14:17:40

Next thing you know, we'll have a Bond who's afraid of women.

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